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Specs of Nokia Lumia 610

Type

Phone Type: Smartphone

Basic Spec

Smart Phone OS: WindowsOS

Smart Phone OS ver.: 7.5 Mango

Shape: Bar

SIM: Micro-SIM

Processor Speed: 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A5

Internal Storage: 8GB

RAM: 256MB

External Storage: none

Battery life: Stand-by Up to 670h (2G) / Up to 720h (3G), Talk time Up to 10h 30min (2G) / Up to 9h 30min (3G)

Screen

Screen Size: 3.7inch

Resolution: 800x480

Touch Screen: yes

Screen Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors

Network

Network Type: GSM / HSPA

2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Speed: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

Wireless LAN: yes

Bluetooth: yes

Camera

Pixels: 5mp

Flash: yes

Others

GPS: yes

Size

Dimensions (WxHxD): 62.2 x 119.2 x 12.0 mm

Weight: 132g

About Nokia Lumia 610

Introduced during the 2012 Mobile World Congress, the Nokia Lumia 610 is a smartphone targeting the younger demographic. This explains the curvy and metallic design and colourful cases as well as the entry level specs. In any case, it is still a decent budget Windows-based smartphone.

Popularity in the Philippines

Considering that the Nokia Lumia 610 was designed especially for students, it is not surprising that it made a huge splash when it hit the market. Everyone loved the funky colours and durable built. Compared to a regular feature phone, the Lumia 610 is certainly an improvement. Most of the local consumers looking for an entry level smartphone found the device a smart and practical choice.

It runs on Windows Phone 7.8 operating system and comes with many Nokia extra services including Nokia Transport, Nokia Drive and Nokia Music. It is powered by a 800MHz Snapdragon single core processor and has 256MB RAM and 8GB internal memory.

The device is designed for comfort and convenience with dedicated hardware keys that include a Power Key, Volume Keys, a Lock Key and a Camera Key. It fits nicely in your hand and boasts of a nice finish. The back cover comes in an array of colours including Black, Cyan Green, Magenta and White. It also comes with a 1,300mAh battery and connects to 2G and 3G networks as well as WiFi and Bluetooth.

Material used to build the smartphone is free of PVC and BFR. Lumia 610 is also energy efficient with automatic screen brightness, battery saver feature and energy efficient charger. It is also 100% recoverable as materials and energy. Even the packaging is eco-friendly containing up to 60% recycled material.

The smartphone has a primary 5MP camera with LED flash, exposure compensation, auto focus and two stage capture key as well as 4x digital zoom, touch focus, landscape orientation, face recognition, full screen viewfinder, geo tagging and center weighted auto exposure. This smartphone is capable of shooting 480p video and zooming to 3x. It has several video scene modes including Night, Automatic, Beach, Candelight, Close Up, Portrait, Snow, Sports, Sunset and Landscape. The video camera features, meanwhile, include video streaming and video recording with video zoom and digital video stabilization.

The Lumia 610 comes built in music applications including Nokia Music, Mix Radio and Zune with audio features that include Playlist in Music Player, Selection Criterion, Audio Streaming and Music player. It is capable of audio/voice recording and supports many file formats.

In terms of productivity features, the Lumia 610 comes with Digital Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Notes, Alarm, Reminders, Phonebook and a To Do List. You can synchronize data with Exchange ActiveSync, Mac Connector SW and Zune PC SW. Email and messaging is accomplished via several email solutions including Gmail, Nokia, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. You can view and edit email attachments as well.

The Nokia Lumia 610 boasts of a couple of GPS and Navigation features and services including Nokia Maps and Bing Maps. You can use location technologies as well using cellular and wiFi network position and A-GPS. Price ranges between Php 6765 to 11 990.

Pros

The colourful casing lends a touch of personality to the Nokia Lumia 610. It is a smartphone that is solidly constructed and offers decent performance. For an entry-level smartphone, it is a good investment.

Cons

The Nokia Lumia 610 could have been a better smartphone if it were not for certain issues like the 256MB RAM, lack of micro SD card slot and old OS version. The price is also a bit steep, considering there are other smartphones with better specs but priced cheaper.

Recommendation/Conclusion

If you are after a reliable Windows-based smartphone, you can always take a look at the Nokia Lumia 610. You will find it to be the perfect choice if you are a parent planning to surprise your teen with an entry level touchscreen smartphone.

Reviews of Nokia Lumia 610

User Review : 5Reviews

Design

3.4

Portability

3.8

Operability

3.2

Response

3.6

Display

3.2

Listenability

3.6

Battery

3.6

Total

3.5

Nokia Lumia 610 review

[Good]
It has a good camera, capacitive touchscreen,, integrated with Social networking sites, and it has strong ...Read more

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